Word: armed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That gentlemanly routine changed not a single vote among the four Senators-a far cry from the arm-twisting, lapel-tugging, browbeating style of Lyndon Johnson. Noting that there were half a dozen Senators on the borderline, Consumer Lobbyist James Plug said, "Lyndon would have got at least one vote out of that bunch." Added a friend: "Hell, Lyndon would have got seven votes...
While the White House dawdled, the forces attacking Carter's energy plan and supporting deregulation mobilized skillfully. The pressure was unrelenting but not brutal. "There was no arm twisting," said North Dakota Democrat Quentin Burdick, a particularly vulnerable target because he was one of the fence sitters (he eventually voted for deregulation). "It was very gentlemanly...
Byrd's friends say he does have strong views but prefers not to impose them directly on his colleagues. That leadership style is well suited to the Senate's new hunger for recognition as an efficient deliberative body. Neither a cajoling arm twister like Lyndon Johnson nor a permissive parent like mild-mannered Mike Mansfield, Byrd is distinguished by his ability to gauge correctly what a majority of the Senate wants. Then he manipulates the rules and cashes in enough old favors to ensure that its will is done...
...winning her battle against hypertension, or high blood pressure. Now she merely stops by a shopping center near her home, where she consults a curious-looking machine that resembles an armrest-equipped chair in a college lecture hall. Taking a seat, Mrs. Williams rolls up her sleeve, puts her arm into a vinyl cuff, deposits 50? in the slot and pushes a button. On the console in front of her, the words light up, TESTING-REMAIN STILL. The vinyl cuff tightens noticeably around her arm. Moments later her blood pressure flashes on the screen...
...machine's miniature "brain"-tiny silicon chips or microprocessors. Programmed to recognize the noises, the microprocessors not only instruct the machine when to pump up and deflate the cuff, but also determine the exact time for taking the two readings. If there are any disturbing outside sounds or arm movements, Vita-Stat's machine flashes three zeros on the screen and refunds the customer's money...